The 18-year-old Form Three student at Tingolo Secondary School in Butula constituency has been to several hospitals in search of a cure. The tumour on her left arm has been growing for more than a decade and her family has been struggling to pay her medical bills. SEE ALSO :Why that TB diagnosis could be actually lung cancerNekesa narrated her tribulations to The Standard, saying the swollen arm had made it difficult for her to attend school. She claimed that she had been stigmatised and wanted the arm amputated to ease her embarrassment. He explained that many parents were not aware that NHIF could pay hospital bills for their children in secondary school.

Source: Standard Digital February 21, 2019 21:00 UTC